unbell

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bell

Verb

unbell (third-person singular simple present unbells, present participle unbelling, simple past and past participle unbelled)

1. (transitive) To remove a bell from.
   • 1983, Laurence Gonzales, El Vago, page 56:

     I was sent to unbell the lead mare, who gave no alarm as I crept among the woolly gray and brown animals through the mule smell and grass smell and the sound of fluttering lips and dropping manure. I removed the bell from the mare […]

Anagrams

• Bullen